Tindersticks are about to get all “We’ve been around for two decades what have you done recently?” on y’all with their 10th studio album, out October 12, called Across Six Leap Years. I mean, to be fair, two decades is a long time. I mean how long does it take to do most things? Like not more than a day, right? I’m really struggling right now to think of something that takes more than a day to do. I just Googled “things that take more than a day to do,” and came up pretty empty handed. So, taking into account the six leap days in the album’s title, that’s 7,306 days to get stuff done. Subtract like 2,086 days for weekends and you get about 5,220 getting-stuff-done days, which means I’d conservatively guess that the folks in Tindersticks have gotten anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 things like soundtrack work, studio albums, and laundry done in the last two decades. Wow! That’s a lot! (Please don’t check my math, just marvel with me at the large numbers I generated.)

With all that stuff having been gotten done, Tindersticks decided it was time to celebrate their 21st anniversary in the only way they know how: getting more stuff done. That’s where Across Six Leap Years comes in. The album, which was recorded between April 6 and 9 of this year at Abbey Road Studios, features re-recorded versions of songs from their history, songs that got “lost along the way,” or that they never managed to record in quite the way they envisioned. Read about the genesis of the tracks and learn about the many ways you can get your grubby paws on the album over on the band’s website, or maybe listen to a stream of the album on RTE Ten while you’re cleaning the house or finally finishing that puzzle of that lighthouse that you bought last spring when you were feeling a weird combo of loneliness and hunger. Tindersticks are also going on a brief European tour in celebration of their anniversary, check the dates below. And, if you were feeling a little left out from all the stuff Tindersticks have been getting done, you can watch a trailer for the album below that gives you a camera’s-eye view of the recording process at Abbey Road.

Check out the full stream of the album here:

Across Six Leap Years tracklisting:

01. Friday Night
02. Marseilles Sunshine
03. She’s Gone
04. Dying Slowly
05. If You’re Looking for a Way Out
06. Say Goodbye to the City
07. Sleepy Song
08. A Night In
09. I Know That Loving
10. What Are You Fighting For?